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Hampton Inn, Eola for sale
Published 12:00 am Saturday, February 14, 2009
NATCHEZ — In business for little more than a year, the newly opened Hampton Inn on South Canal Street is for sale.
LoopNet.com, a commercial property web site, has the property listed for $8.6 million.
Dr. Shailesh Vora, the hotel’s owner, refused to comment on the sale Friday.
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The Hampton’s General Manager Rhonda Stevens said she was not aware the hotel was on the market.
“I haven’t heard anything official,” Stevens said.
Stevens said the hotel is currently up to 80 percent full.
And while Stevens said she’d rather the hotel be running at full capacity, December through February are typically slow months.
“But business is good,” she said.
Vora is also currently leasing land on the Vidalia riverfront with plans to build a Holiday Inn.
However, construction on that project has not started.
And Vora’s hotel isn’t the only one in town for sale.
The Eola is also listed on LoopNet.com for $5.9 million.
While the hotel is listed for sale, Eola General Manager Ron Brumfield said the hotel is not being “actively marketed.”
“It’s just basically out there. He’s not aggressively moved to sell,” Brumfield said of the hotel’s owner Bob Dean.
Dean could not be reached for comment.
Brumfield said while he believes hotel business in Natchez is generally down, he does not believe it’s the reason the Eola is on the market.


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When the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement entered into force on Feb. 22, it represented the culmination of a three-year effort. The equally difficult task of actual implementation is just starting.
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Despite President Donald Trump’s aversion to multilateral agreements, TFA holds big benefits for US companies.
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According to the Queens County District Attorney's Office
, a total of 111 individuals were charged, and 86 of these accused have been brought into custody; authorities are still looking for the other 25 suspects. The arrests included various charges such as enterprise corruption, theft and grand larceny.
The identity theft ring is said to have been spread across different industries in the New York City area and is believed to have been operational since 2010. The ring of suspects include restaurant workers, bank tellers and other service employees. Richard Brown, Queens District Attorney, called it the "largest" and "most sophisticated" fraud case he'd ever seen.
Reportedly this was an elaborate scheme and had several layers of activity to cash in after stealing credit card numbers from unsuspecting customers. A few of those accused are believed to have stolen credit card information from skimming and others actively stole credit card information online.
Once the credit card details were collected, the numbers were sold. Teams of illegal credit card manufacturers would use the numbers to forge various credit card brands including major card companies, Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. In some instances, fake government IDs (i.e. driver's licenses) were also made to use in conjunction with the fabricated credit cards. The next layer would involve 'shoppers' who would take the falsified credit cards and go on purchasing sprees to purchase goods at high-end stores, reselling the wares overseas.
The DA's press release included a statement from Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly:
“These weren’t holdups at gunpoint, but the impact on victims was the same. They were robbed. We assigned detectives to financial crimes because of the potential victimization is so great, especially as the use of credits cards and their vulnerability to identity theft have grown along with the Internet.”
Over $13 million was spent on merchandise which included iPads, iPhones, computers, Gucci bags, and watches. Other charges included rented jets and high-end cars and hotel room rentals. In addition to the identity theft related crimes, the Queens County DA's office also has charged some of the defendants with indictments relating to burglaries and robberies throughout Queens County, including conspiracy to commit bank robbery, cargo heists at Kennedy Airport and other thefts.
Earlier this year another big bust was made. In February an indictment was given by the Manhattan District Attorney's office
; in this ring, 27 were arrested and charged with 57 counts on two separate conspiracies. This group was known as "S3", a credit card forgery and identity theft ring based in Brooklyn.
In that indictment, forty-eight counts were associated with incidents committed between June 2008 and December 2010, and nine counts were associated with the second conspiracy for events which occurred between September 2010 and December 2010. In this investigation Apple was a popular merchant
for theft ring's 'shoppers' to target and use the manufactured credit cards.
Unfortunately in the digital age, credit card thefts through skimming and other measures are not uncommon. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported for 2009
complaints totaled 336,655 with a $559.7 million total dollar loss. This is a significant rise from 2008; 2010 saw a dip in complaints
, however identity theft was still amongst the most common complaints to IC3.


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Ford Motor Company investors had reason to cheer this morning when the second-largest Detroit automaker posted its best quarterly profit since 2000. Ford's net income checked in at $1.9 billion, or $0.47 per share, for the second quarter, which was much higher than last year's $0.32 per share and this year's second-quarter estimates of $0.37 per share.
Here's the good news: Ford has expected the second half of 2015 to be better than the first half, and that hasn't changed. "We are confident the second half of the year will be even stronger," CEO Mark Fields noted in a press release.
Let's take a minute to zoom in on three key aspects from Ford's strong second quarter.
Profit driver Of course, we can't report a strong quarter from Ford without mentioning its profit engine, North America.
Image source: Ford Motor Company's second-quarter presentation.
Ford's North America pre-tax operating income rose to a record $2.6 billion in the second quarter on the back of very strong margins, which topped 11%. The automaker believes that its North America operating margin will check in at the high end of its forecast of between 8.5% and 9.5% for the full year, which is good news for investors craving more profitability from Detroit's second-largest automaker.
A big reason for the jump in profitability was the 2015 aluminum-bodied F-150. While sales of the newly designed full-size truck have yet to reach full speed due to a lack of inventory, the truck is selling for a staggering average of more than $44,000 per vehicle -- a juicy $3,600 higher than in last year's second quarter.
Also a moneymaker Another driver of overall profits is an element often overlooked by investors: Ford Credit.While Ford Credit doesn't receive the attention that Ford's operating regions do, it posted a strong 16.5% gain in pre-tax profits, reaching $506 million. That pre-tax level is twice as much as Ford's Asia-Pacific region posted in the second quarter, a region that includes China and is Ford's second-most-profitable region.
Ford Credit's managed receivables checked in at $118 billion, a $7 billion increase from a year ago and $4 billion higher than at the end of last year. Another favorable tidbit of information from Ford Credit was the loss-to-receivables ratio, which was 0.17%, the low end of its historical level.
Image source: Ford Credit's second-quarter presentation.
No problem in China, yetLastly, many analysts predicted that with the slowdown in China's economy and its stock market woes, the region would hinder global automakers. That didn't turn out to be the case.
Ford's pre-tax profit in Asia-Pacific, which is largely driven by results in China, reached a record $192 million in the second quarter. The better news is that the results took place during a quarter when Ford's wholesale sales in the region were down 13,000 units and revenue declined $500 million to a total of $2.4 billion.
The driving force behind Ford's juicier bottom line in Asia-Pacific was lower costs and a favorable exchange rate. Despite China's economic slowdown, Ford believes its second-half results in its Asia-Pacific operations will actually improve from the first half of 2015, with more manufacturing capacity coming on line and new vehicles being launched. For the full year, Ford expects pre-tax results to check in higher than last year.
Ultimately, while Ford was cautious and didn't raise full-year guidance, it's clear that the second half of 2015 is shaping up to be a very strong six months for investors who have been waiting for Ford to break out from a recent slowdown in profits.
The article 3 Investor Takeaways From Ford Motor Company's Strong Second Quarter originally appeared on Fool.com.
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April 2021 marks Tempcover’s 15th anniversary! Back in 2006, our founder and CEO Alan Inskip had a lightbulb moment – to provide flexible motor insurance cover for the time drivers actually need, with no long-term commitments or auto-renewals – just affordable cover, unbelievably fast. The UK’s original InsurTech was born that moment.
And, from very humble beginnings, the one-man business sold six temporary policies in its first week of trading. Fast-forward to today, where we have sold more than 3.4-million policies – averaging one every 60 seconds, 24-hours a day!
Take a look below at our key milestones over the past 15 years:
Tempcover CEO Alan Inskip said: “We’re on a journey of tremendous growth, driven by a surge in consumer demand for a fully digital experience that gets drivers comprehensive quotes within 90-seconds. Thank you to all of our customers who have made this incredible journey possible, we look forward to sharing the next chapter of our growth story with you.”


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27 August 2018
VR Punjab concluded its two-month long Shop & Win Festival with the “Mega Draw”. The festival gave Tricity shopping enthusiasts a chance to win some very grand prizes including the bumper prize a brand new Nissan Sunny . Shoppers who spent Rs 3000 or more at VR Punjab qualified to enter the draw. Speaking on the occasion, Jermina Menon, Vice President Marketing, Virtuous Retail said, “The Festival was one in a series of events we have conducted with the objective of making shopping a lot more fun for our visitors. During this period, shoppers not only enjoyed great discounts at over 100 stores at the Centre, but also enjoyed a host of cultural shows.”
The Lucky draw has brought a lot of cheer for Chandigarh’s Nikhil & his family. Little did Nikhil know that the Rs 7000 he spent shopping at the Central store in VR Punjab, will win him a swanky new sedan. Beaming with joy, Nikhil shared, “It was a moment of excitement & joy for my family & me. Shopping at VR Punjab has always been an great experience, but winning a brand-new NISSAN SUNNY was beyond my imagination and is definitely a lifelong moment to cherish”.
Apart from the Mega Draw, there were a host of daily prizes that were given out over the course of the shopping festival. During the festival the overall vibe at the Centre was extremely celebratory and visitors are already looking forward to the next edition of the VR Punjab “ Shop and Win.”


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With three of its five Hawaii restaurants ranking as top revenue-makers among California Pizza Kitchen’s more than 200 outlets, the chain’s co-founders say they’re committed to renovating the locations here and possibly expanding.
“The locals like us,” said CPK co-founder Larry Flax.
Even as the recession has humbled other popular chain restaurants in Hawaii, there’s still usually a crowd lined up to get into the five CPKs on Oahu. The Kahala Mall restaurant, one of the first CPK locations to open, is the company’s highest-grossing location.
Flax, 66, and Rick Rosenfield, 64, who opened their first CPK restaurant in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 1985, were on Oahu this week and said CPK is moving forward with renovations to its Ala Moana Center and Kailua locations. They also are considering a new, free-standing restaurant in West Oahu, most likely at the Kapolei Commons shopping center.
CPK, which employs 450 workers in Hawaii, also has restaurants at Pearlridge Center and on Kalakaua Avenue in the Center of Waikiki complex.
Two franchised quick-service restaurants are set to open next year in the Honolulu International Airport and the Kahului Airport on Maui.
Flax said the company has considered and is still exploring an expansion to the Neighbor Islands, but has concerns about managing stores on multiple islands. They also have concerns about a lack of lunch traffic from business and local crowds on the Neighbor Islands.
“Our average check is $14.30, so we need to do a lot of turns and we need that lunch business,” Rosenfield said, noting that CPK restaurants do not close between lunch and dinner service, and tend to do 50-50 business for lunch and dinner.
The public company reported revenue of $677.1 million for the fiscal year ending December 2008, up 7 percent over the previous year.
CPK expanded throughout 2008 despite the recession, opening 23 new restaurants across the Mainland. Internationally, the company opened three locations in Mexico, two in South Korea, and one each in Guam, Japan and the Philippines.
The co-founders (who also share the “co” titles of president, CEO and board chairman) credit CPK’s pricing strategies, loyalty promotions and the addition of online ordering features to its Web site for its growth in tough times. They also credit CPK’s regularly changing menu, which Flax and Rosenfield personally adjust each June and November.
“Combining this with customer service positions us to continue our expansion as the economy turns,” Rosenfield said.
The Kahala Mall restaurant, which seats 168 diners, brings in more money than any of the 209 company-owned CPK locations. The restaurant opened 23 years ago as CPK’s fifth location in the U.S.
The Ala Moana Center restaurant, which seats 30 fewer than Kahala, ranks No. 3 in the company, while the Pearlridge restaurant moves within the Top 10 slots.
“From the day we came to Hawaii, it taught us early on to get involved in local communities and charities, and that translated across as we built this company,” Flax said. “We have an internal acronym at CPK: R.O.C.K. — respect, opportunity, communication and kindness. As we’ve developed as a culture, we know that we got the ‘K’ from Hawaii.”
Flax and Rosenfield are unlikely restaurateurs. The two were federal prosectutors who met in the U.S. Attorney’s office in Los Angeles. In 1973, they opened their own practice as criminal defense attorneys and did that for 12 years before deciding to go into the gourmet pizza business.
In Hawaii, CPK sees potential for its Kailua location, which will be converted to a full-service restaurant in the coming months.
The CPK in Kailua, which opened in January 2007 as a quick-service location in the Kailua Town Center near Macy’s, currently has a limited menu and a walk-up counter with outdoor lanai seating. It eventually will be able to accommodate 55 diners inside and 45 outside.
The company also will begin renovation work at the Ala Moana restaurant to match the interior look and feel of the Kahala and Waikiki locations, including installing granite countertops, remodeling the exhibition-style kitchen, and replacing dining booths and carpeting.
The CPK in Waikiki recently added free bike delivery service, the only CPK location to provide such service.
“We’ll deliver to the beach, neighboring hotels or businesses — no delivery charge,” Rosenfield said. “The word’s getting out, but it hasn’t become a big deal just yet.”


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Unlike many luxury car players who are expecting flat to negative sales this year due to the 8-month long ban on high-end diesel models, Tatas-owned Jaguar Land Rover is confident of a big spurt in volumes and hopes to end the year with higher market share.
The luxe British car brand had runaway sales in the first quarter clipping at 45 per cent but a tepid one in the second quarter, almost negating the gains.
But with the under 2-litre F-Pace, which is the first SUV from the Jaguar stable, and the rising demand for its other models like Jaguar XF, the company hopes to do better.
"I am sure we will close the year with higher market share this year. We had around 9 per cent last year. This year it will definitely be higher, say over 10 per cent," JLR India president Rohit Suri told PTI, without quantifying the figure.
Luxury car sales this year have been hit by the Supreme Court's December 16, 2015 order banning registration of vehicles, having engine capacity of 2000cc and above, in Delhi and NCR.
The apex court, however, in August this year lifted this ban on luxury car sales on payment of one per cent of the price of such vehicles as green cess.
In 2015, JLR sold around 3,200 units and company insiders say they have an internal target of selling 3,500-4,000 units this year.
Suri said, JLR had a volume growth of 45 per cent in Q1 driven by the price reduction of the Jaguar Of course, the Q2 was not that robust, he added but refused to quantify it.
Comments are interesting as the market leader Mercedes, which commands a third of the market, is expecting only flat to negative sales this year.
"I will be happy if we can maintain our last year's sales," Merc India head Roland Folger had told PTI earlier.
"The just launched F-Pace with an under 2-litre diesel engine should drive our sales," he said, adding among all the luxury car makers - the German Merc, Audi and BMW--JLR has has the highest following in the social media space.
"Jaguar alone has 4.5 million Facebook followers here, and 2.5 million for Land Rover. Mercedes and Audi put together have only 3.5 million FB followers here, which is a reflection of the growing popularity of the brand JLR," he said.
But it can be noted that its around 3,200 volume last year is only around a fourth of the market leader Mercedes and the No 2 Audi.
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Abercrombie's CEO Took A Massive Pay Cut
Abercrombie CEO Michael Jeffries took a 72% pay cut last year.
The controversial executive was paid $2.23 million in fiscal year 2013, compared with $8.16 million the year before, writes Lindsey Rupp at Bloomberg News. The fiscal year ended in February.
In 2011, Jeffries was paid a whopping $48.1 million.
The longtime CEO is credited with putting Abercrombie & Fitch on the map as a desirable brand for teens more than a decade ago.
But Abercrombie's profit plunged 77% last year amid more competition from fast-fashion brands like Forever 21 and H&M.
Jeffries, 69, has been criticized for making comments about the kind of customers he wants at Abercrombie. He was also stripped of his chairman role this year.
His ideals are thought to be the reason Abercrombie doesn't offer clothing for plus-size women.
In a 2006 interview with Salon, he said that his business was built around sex appeal.
“It’s almost everything. That’s why we hire good-looking people in our stores. Because good-looking people attract other good-looking people, and we want to market to cool, good-looking people. We don’t market to anyone other than that,” Jeffries said.
Jeffries has recently said that the brand will start offering plus-size clothing.
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Citizens Advice today submitted a super-complaint to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) relating to the marketing and charging practices operated by businesses offering credit brokerage and debt services.
Citizens Advice has identified two business practices which it has asked the OFT to look at:
- Firms cold-calling consumers by telephone and text to promote consumer credit products and ancillary services, including debt management
- Firms taking upfront fees for credit services, often by persuading consumers to give them their banking details, sometimes taking unauthorised deductions
The OFT now has 90 days to respond to the super-complaint and will invite interested parties to provide any evidence which may be useful to its investigation.
What’s the problem with credit brokers and debt management companies?
According to a report published today by Citizens Advice, tens of thousands of people are being tricked out of large sums of money by rogue loan finder and debt management firms taking advantage of the difficult economic climate.
Firms are phoning or texting out of the blue offering to help people find a loan. Consumers are then charged a hefty fee for a loan that often fails to materialise, and cannot get their money back. In many cases, they are persuaded to part with bank account details only to find money is withdrawn from their account without their consent.
To make matters worse, individuals’ details are often then passed on to other companies who bombard them with more texts and cold calls offering loans, debt management or claims management services. Citizens Advice evidence suggests that cold calling targets people unable to get mainstream credit because of a poor credit history, low income or current financial difficulties.
What is a super complaint?
Citizens Advice, like Which?, has legal powers under the Enterprise Act 2002 enabling it to file super-complaints with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). A super complaint allows designated consumer bodies to complain to the OFT and specific sectoral regulators about market features that may be significantly harming consumers’ interests.
Which? announced recently that it is to submit its own super-complaint to the OFT about excessive debit and credit card surcharges. Visit our surcharges campaign page for more detail and to pledge your support.
High cost of debt management calls and loan-fee scams
Citizens Advice says 840 million cold calls were made by debt management firms in 2009, while loan fee scams affect at least 110,000 people a year and cost the UK public £190 million annually.
Gillian Guy, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice (England & Wales) said: ‘Current economic conditions provide fertile ground for unscrupulous credit businesses and fraudsters. For many, mainstream credit is out of reach, and a cold call or text offering help finding a loan is naturally tempting. Our evidence suggests that rogue operators are cashing in on the desperation of people hit hard by the recession who are least able to afford it, and that this problem is set to grow much worse.
‘We believe that the Consumer Credit Act and data protection legislation need to be urgently updated to tackle these problems at root cause, but the situation is already so serious we are making a super complaint to the OFT and asking them to launch an immediate investigation with a view to deciding that a ban on cold calls and upfront fees is appropriate.’
Expert tips to avoid loan scams
Citizens Advice has produced tips on how to spot and report fake loans:
- Never pay money up front
- Never give out bank account details to cold callers
- Be very wary of cold calls offering loans, and internet sites offering quick and easy credit
- If it looks too good to be true it usually is
- If you need credit, shop around, use a trusted source and always check the paperwork
- If you’ve already paid money up front for a non-existent loan, inform Trading Standards. The Consumer Credit Act says that all but £5 of any brokerage fees should be refunded if no loan is taken up within 6 months.
- If you suspect a scam or fraud, report it to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040, the National Fraud Authority’s reporting line.
- Get free, confidential, independent debt advice from any Citizens Advice Bureau.
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STAMFORD Land Corp said its net profit for the year ended March 31 fell by 40.6 per cent to $31.7 million.
This was in line with lower revenue, which slumped 45.1 per cent to $266.7 million.
The hotel segment reported lower revenue mainly due to lower exchange rates used for translation and weak performance from its two Adelaide hotels.
The property development segment also posted lower revenue, owing to completed sales of 16 apartments in the financial year ended March 31 compared to completed sales of 131 units in the same period last year.
The trading segment saw lower revenue due to decreased contribution from the group's interior decoration companies.
Earnings per share slipped to 3.67 cents from 6.18 cents while net asset value per share fell by one cent to 60 cents.
Looking ahead, Stamford Land said the hotel sector will continue to remain strong.
The company has recommended a final payout of three cents a share, down from four cents last year.


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Destination Niagara USA recognizes the power of social media and says by connecting with the popular review site ‘Yelp,’ it will help local businesses and tourism in Niagara Falls. Destination Niagara USA is the marketing organization for Niagara Falls and Niagara County that promotes tourism.
Toronto resident, Wayne Stewart, is visiting the falls for the day with his family from Jamaica. He says the sewage that seeped into the the lower Niagara River at the base of the Falls two weeks ago didn’t stop him from visiting the falls.
Destination Niagara USA says because of families like the Stewarts, they haven’t see tourism numbers take a hit.
Andrea Czopp, Destination Niagara USA Director of Communications, says, “We did some very proactive social media work through our very own organization to explain to people that this was in and out very quickly.”
Czopp and her team recognizes the importance of social media, so that is why representatives are continuing their efforts to bring attention to local businesses, restaurants, attractions, and more.
Destination Niagara USA met with a representative with ‘Yelp’ at 9 a.m. at Niagara Falls City Hall with business owners, hotels and restaurants management in attendance.
“People are heading in that route nowadays, using social media to find more information about where to eat where to go where to stay. So we're really trying to encourage our local businesses to take advantage of that,” Czopp said.


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MAUMEE, Ohio, Jan. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Dana Incorporated (DAN) will release its 2016 fourth-quarter and year-end financial results on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. A press release will be issued at approximately 7 a.m. EST, followed by a conference call and webcast at 9 a.m. Members of the company's senior management team will be available at that time to discuss the results and answer related questions. An audio recording of the webcast will be available after 5 p.m. on Feb. 9 by dialing 1-855-859-2056 (U.S. or Canada) or 1-404-537-3406 (international) and entering conference I.D. 54463266. A webcast replay will also be available after 5 p.m., and may be accessed via Dana's investor website.
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PUMA's latest partnership is aiding in the mission to ensure that African American hoopers pre-NBA are acknowledged, and their history is preserved.
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Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA) is on track to launch operations in Chile in the first quarter of 2012, having received regulatory approval from Chiles telecommunications regulator as well as signing an agreement with Movistar, one of the countrys leading mobile network operators.
VMLA announced in June of this year its plan to become Latin Americas leading mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). Since then, the company has made significant progress towards its goal of beginning commercial operations in many countries. Chile will be its first commercial operation in early 2012.
Richard Branson commented: "We are excited to have made such good progress towards launching our first mobile business in Latin America in Chile.
"This is an exciting project for Virgin and we believe Virgin Mobile Chile customers will be delighted by the services we will be offering them at launch."
We are very appreciative of Subtels (Chiles Subsecretara de Telecomunicaciones) prompt approval of our application," said VMLAs chairman Phil Wallace.
"Were also looking forward to working with Movistar, one of Chiles top mobile network operators. They were quick to understand the potential of partnering with VMLA as a way to serve existing and untapped consumers in creative ways just as Virgin Mobile has done in the UK, the US, and other countries worldwide."
VMLA will target youth and young at heart consumers, positioning itself as a fresh alternative to existing wireless providers through simple, transparent pricing, products and services tailored to its target segments, and world-class customer service. As the Chile operation prepares for commercial launch, VMLA continues to make progress planning its expansion throughout Latin America over the next 24 months.
We are encouraged by the reaction we are experiencing from operators, regulators, and retailers who are eager to see Virgin products in their markets as a way to stimulate innovation and bring new pricing options to consumers, said Peter Macnee, VMLAs president and chief executive officer.
Virgin Mobile Latin America is a mobile virtual network operator that plans to bring new and exciting service options to Latin Americas wireless users. Virgin Mobile already operates in seven countries around the world, including Australia, Canada, France, India, South Africa, UK and the USA, serving approximately 15 million mobile subscribers.


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Trucking Downturn: Signs of Recovery, But Improvement Will Be Slow
Expert suggests trucking downturn may start to improve but warns of a slow recovery until 2024.
Jason Miller, a supply chain professor, suggests that the trucking industry's current downturn, might be starting to improve, based on data from May 2023. Despite a slight increase in the amount of goods moved that month, Miller warns that the industry isn't out of the woods yet, as the total volume of goods moved is still down 1.3% from a year ago. He predicts that the situation won't improve significantly until 2024. In the meantime, he expects the financial performance of trucking companies for the second quarter of 2023 to be poor, but sees potential for improvement in the third quarter of 2023.
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Walmart Canada Team
Walmart Canada has made strong commitments for improving sustainability in their own operations and Susan and her team are working throughout the company to ensure these commitments are more than just words. Walmart Canada has already achieved an 88% waste diversion rate, launched the Walmart Canada Plastics Charter to reduce plastic waste, and launched Project Gigaton, which works extensively with suppliers to reduce GHG emissions. They are investing $175 million to build a sustainable, zero-waste fulfillment centre in Surrey, B.C., and will use 100% alternative power to fuel their fleet by 2028. Walmart has committed to achieving zero food waste and ensuring their private brand packaging is 100% recyclable by 2025.


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MASON CITY — Best Buy is closing their Mason City location in November.
The Twin Cities-based consumer electronics retailer came to Mason City in November 2004, but company spokesman John Vomhof tells KGLO News that they decided not to renew the lease on their building at 440 Indianhead Drive.
Vomhof says it wasn’t an easy decision for the company, but they decided to not move forward with a multi-year lease after a complete study of the situation.
Vomhof says the Mason City location’s last day of business will be November 2nd.
The store employs about 20 full-time workers and several part-time employees. Those employees were notified about the closing on Sunday.


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There was a time when agriculture and food were sacred topics to the public. People were either on the farm or one generation removed which instilled a connection to the source of the food that we eat. In the past five years that has definitely changed as many food activists have begun attacking the large multinationals and even farmers for causing environmental issues, declining nutritional awareness and even if you can believe it obesity.
At the Elanco Beef Consultants Forum this month I heard Jeff Simmons, President of Elanco Animal Health speak to a crowd of vets and nutritionists about why agriculture needs technology to help meet a growing demand for safe, nutritious and affordable food.
Now you may think that Jeff€™s message was a rally around killing the organic movement but that is definitely not the case. Jeff focused on the need to supply consumers with choices. I would have to agree with Jeff that the all or nothing approach to GM and organic is a futile argument.
Jeff really focused on the three lessons to learned from the European example over the last decade:
Its crucial to have a a credible, authoritative regulatory body – The FDA and CFIA help to maintain consumer confidence in the food system while still promoting innovation from the industry for the benefit of all stakeholders.
Allow use of approved technologies and modern farming techniques to continue – Allowing a very loud 5% majority to stifle the advancement of technology will be very damaging to the hungry€™s ability to eat in the long term.
Food producers should avoid €œdifferentiating on the negative€ – Jeff talked about the major retailers stopping the practice of negative marketing and starting to focus on the positives of the contents. Negative labeling is more about catering to the fringe than providing information to the masses.
The UN has projected that the global food requirement will double by 2050 which have to come from virtually the same land area. The UN food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) also states that 70 percent of this food increase must come from efficiency enhancing technologies. Jeff commented on the fact we cannot shut out the 95% of the consumers that want safe affordable food by taking away the world€™s ability to innovate. The other consideration is that a very limited amount of the world€™s consumers can afford to strictly purchase organic food.
Jeff showed the audience the trailer for the Michael Pollan movie, Food Inc that was shown this past summer in select theaters. As Jeff mentioned to the audience, it is time that agriculture stands up for itself and advocates for the industry and does not let the noisy 5% decide on the kind of system North America will have in the future. Jeff€™s key point was that Europe went down this road already and the consequences have been grave for consumers and the public.
Jeff concluded that the global food industry needs technology, consumers deserve the widest possible variety of safe affordable food prices and food choices, and the food production system can mitigate the food challenges and achieve an €œultimate win.€ In reality this can be done by improving he affordability of food, increasing the food supply, ensuring food safety, increasing sustainability, and producing more bio fuels.
After listening to Jeff Simmons speak for an hour I really felt inspired to continue advocating for agriculture and ensuring the global food system feeds the hungry. Keep up the great work Jeff Simmons.


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After all, with its shares at over $3,100 apiece, now would seem an opportune time to jump on the bandwagon. But I don't think Amazon will. Despite having split its shares three times in the past, the situation today is much different, and it appears Amazon is happy to remain a high-priced stock.
A long time ago
It's been more than 20 years since Amazon divvied its shares to make them more attractive to investors, and the e-commerce giant was still relatively new to the public markets back then.
Amazon's initial public offering was in May 1997. A year later, the company split its stock 2-for-1, when it was trading at only $85 per share and it had a market cap of less than $5 billion.
Just seven months later, it split again 3-for-1, after the shares had rocketed to $355 a piece. Eight months after that, in September 1999, it split for the third and last time, 2-for-1, when the stock was trading under $120 each.
Since then, Amazon has been on an astronomical tear. In the 21 years that followed, the stock has risen by more than 5,200%, compared with a 158% gain for the S&P 500. And its market cap has increased from $20 billion to almost $1.6 trillion, a 7,800% expansion, for a compounded annual growth rate of 23%.
The big book of opportunity
An investor would be hard put to find a better performing stock, yet over the past two decades as Amazon's business has both grown and improved, and its stock continued to climb into the stratosphere, the e-commerce giant has chosen not to split its stock again.
Amazon was a much different company the last time it split its stock. Still primarily the "world's biggest bookseller," in 1999 Amazon had only recently expanded into selling music CDs, and it was just adding a few more categories to its selection, including, toys, electronics, and tools. By December of that year, the e-commerce company had shipped a total of 20 million items, and it generated total revenue of just over $1.6 billion.
To put that into perspective, during its annual Prime Day shopping extravaganza event last year, Amazon sold over 175 million products. For the full year, Amazon had $280.5 billion in sales, meaning it took just the first two days of 2019 for its revenue to match the entire year's worth of sales in 1999.
Taking to the cloud
Of course, the Amazon of today is more than just books, toys, electronics, or tools, and you can find just about anything you want to buy on the website.
But it's also just more than about e-commerce. While shipping its products keeps the U.S. Postal Service operational, Amazon Web Services (AWS) generated $35 billion in sales, or about 12% of the total, yet represented 63% of Amazon's $14.5 billion in operating profit.
AWS has become the backbone for the online platforms of numerous other retailers and businesses, including the U.S. government. It controls a market-leading 31% share of cloud services, followed by Microsoft Azure at 20%, Alphabet's Google Cloud with 6%, and Alibaba at 5%.
Amazon also has its own fleet of delivery cars and vans, its own fleet of airplanes and trucks, even container ships. It also operates more than 175 operating fulfillment centers and more than 150 million square feet of space to ship products.
What to do with Amazon stock?
Because Amazon encompasses far more than simply a consumer-facing business, even if that's what it's most recognized as, it doesn't need to make itself accessible to retail investors anymore.
In 1999, Amazon was trying to make its mark against Barnes & Noble, but today it's involved in almost every segment of the economy. Its products and services are literally almost too numerous to mention, which means it can be complacent about being available only to most retail investors as a fractional investment through services like Robinhood and WeBull.
A split doesn't really matter to an investor anyway, as that investor's stake in the company remains the same. It all depends upon whether you like your pizza cut into eight slices or 16 -- it doesn't change the size of your pie.
Still, after 20 years and thousands of percentage-point increases later, it's safe to say Amazon.com won't be splitting its stock anytime soon -- though that doesn't mean its stock isn't still a buy.


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So there you have it. Another year over and it’s the same old story in the world of video games. A few decent – though muted – releases at the start of 2012, followed by a seemingly ever-lasting summer lull, and then the madness of the blockbuster release schedule as Christmas approached. Looks like it’s going to be much the same this year too... except the start of the year has some big guns too!
There’s plenty to get excited about on the new release radar in the coming months. Capcom’s Devil May Cry is being universally praised by critics so far, then there’s Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, Dead Space 3, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Crysis 3, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Phew.
But wait, that’s not all. In March, we’re expecting to be wowed by Tomb Raider, Gears of War: Judgment and BioShock Infinite (finally!). Army of Two is my guilty pleasure too – so the third in the series is top of my wishlist too.
As if you didn’t know, 2013 is expected to see the announcement of the next generation of consoles as well – the Xbox 720, PS4 or Durango and Orbis, or whatever they’re being called nowadays. There’s already plenty of speculation about their specs, from memory, processing power, whether they’ll rely on digital downloads, have always-on internet, include motion sensing tech, and how much they will cost at launch. One thing is certain, however, by the time they actually reach the shelves, we’ll all no doubt be sick to death of all the conjecture. Come on Microsoft and Sony – just put us out of our misery already. Tell us some concrete information.
Personally, I love a good console launch – the eve of a new dawn. Last year’s release of the Wii U didn’t really count – it wasn’t uber powerful or particularly innovative. But the next box and new PlayStation have got me really intrigued. No doubt they will both promise “photo realistic” graphics again and conjure up images of me playing FIFA with players that actually look like their real-life counterparts rather than slightly deformed crash test dummies… but will they really be any closer to achieving this? Probably not. But who really cares!?
As the seventh generation draws to a close – after a longer-than-expected lifespan – I’ll admit I’ve never been more addicted to gaming. As a past time, it’s no longer frowned upon and as gamers, we’re no longer a minority. Gaming is big business and celebrated. Long may it continue!


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Cape May, NJ, Brewery Calling Off Merger with Flying Fish
This was from Ryan Krill, CEO and Co-founder of Cape May Brewing Company back in April regarding the Acquisition of Flying Fish Brewing:
“This is a massive milestone for both Cape May and Flying Fish, who we’ve long admired as a true pioneer of craft brewing in the Garden State since its founding in 1995,” says CEO and Co-founder Ryan Krill. “We are thrilled to expand our product portfolio and are approaching this acquisition with a focus on our core values, passion for brewing, and commitment to serving our customers with the highest quality brews.”
Well, it appears that the deal is off according to Brewbound.com “after extensive analysis”.
"The combination of two of New Jersey’s largest craft breweries is off.
The transaction announced in April that would combine Cape May Brewing Company, the Garden State’s largest craft brewery, and Flying Fish, one of the oldest, is a no-go."
Cape May Brewing was founded in 2011 and has quickly become one of the most successful names in the craft brew business down the shore. I look forward to seeing what happens next for both of these popular brands, now that it seems they will not be merging.
You can find Cape May Brewing Company's beer in New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Delaware.
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The official announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S III was yesterday, along with a promise that this cutting-edge smartphone will debut in America this summer. There’s evidence to believe that every major carrier in the U.S. will be offering it.
Samsung says that 300 carriers around the world will eventually be offering its newly-announced flagship smartphone. At this point, no carrier in this country has publicly committed to the device, but that’s apparently a temporary situation.
The Korean phone maker has created a web page where U.S. residents can sign up to be notified when the handset is available. This allows people to specify which carrier they use, and AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon are all listed, as well as U.S. Cellular and other smaller ones. While this can’t be called proof that the Galaxy S III is headed for these carriers, it is a strong suggestion.
Note: Samsung has modified its web page to remove the list of carriers. Still, a picture of the previous version has been preserved.
It could be argued that direct evidence is superfluous. The Galaxy S II was the best selling Android smartphone of the past year by a good margin — it would be surprising if carriers did not pick up its successor, about which there has been a tremendous amount of hype.
Only Verizon out of the four top U.S. carriers did not offer a version of the Galaxy S II. It went with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus instead, which has not proved to be as popular. According to a roadmap of upcoming products, Big Red isn’t going to miss out on Samsung’s new flagship.
More About the Samsung Galaxy S III
This upcoming smartphone will feature a 4.8-inch, 1280 x 720 (720p), Super AMOLED touchscreen. It is going to run Android OS 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).
Some of the specifications of the Galaxy S III will depend on where it’s being purchased. The U.S. version will have 4G LTE and a dual core processor, while the European one will be built around a quad-core Exynos processor but no LTE. Different versions will have varying amounts of internal storage capacity: 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB.
Rounding out the list of features will be a 2100mAh swappable battery, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, an 8-megapixel main camera and a 1.9MP camera on its front.
We have a hands-on preview of the Samsung Galaxy S III with our first impressions.


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FASHIOP, the men’s online style, and fashion start-up, announced on Tuesday it has raised €165,500 during a co-investment round led by PDG Angels, an investment club of IESE Business School alumni, and equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.
The company, which was founded in 2015 by Eduard Coves and Carlos Solana, has received support of IESE, La Salle Technova, Esade, and ACCIÓ, with the aim of facilitating men’s “fashion purchase” experience with an innovative online sale system. Users register on the website and a stylist contacts them to determine their fashion tastes and needs and proposes a selection of clothing and footwear which is home delivered at no cost. Users have five days to decide which items to keep or return (also at no additional cost).
Its business model is reportedly based on the successful Trunkclub in the USA, Outfittery in Germany or Enclothed in the UK. In its first nine months, FASHIOP notably tripled the revenue generated by Enclothed with receipts averaging €350, also much higher than the British company.
The company stated that funds from the funding round will be used to consolidate its business model and improve its sales technology, currently available all over Spain, except in the Canary Islands. PDG Angeles Invested €53,000 and an additional 71 private investors invested an average of €1,584 in the Barcelona-based startup.
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While Google continues to figure out what is going on with Wear OS, other smartwatch OEM's have stepped up their game. This includes Fitbit, which...
A new update is rolling out to the Fitbit Versa which brings female health tracking, along with the ability to quickly reply to messages directly from your smartwatch.
After being announced earlier this month, the Fitbit Versa is now available for purchase. The base model starts at $199, while the Special Edition model features an NFC chip for mobile payments and costs $229.95.
Fitbit's second and slimmest smartwatch, the Versa, is now official. Click here for all of the details on the new $200 smartwatch.


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FAST FACTS HAWAII
» ResortQuest Hawaii
has appointed John Young
general manager of Kona by the Sea. He previously worked for Starwood Hotels & Resorts
, the Maui Visitors Bureau and Village Resorts
. He has 20 years of experience in the travel industry.
» American Savings Bank's Financial Services Group has hired John Woodruff as a financial consultant. He will be responsible for assisting customers with investments, insurance, estate planning and college savings. He has nearly 40 years of experience in finance and banking.
» Bright Light Marketing Group has hired Wally Zimmerman as client services vice president. He will be responsible for client services, creating a strategic growth plan for the agency and developing the new media practices. He has more than 35 years of experience in the communications field and was news director for KITV from 1989 to 2002.
» Hong Kong Harbor View Seafood Restaurant has appointed Andrew Lee manager. He previously served as an assistant manager at Pietro's Italian Restaurant.
» Central Pacific Bank has announced the following assistant vice president and branch manager promotions and new hires: Rachel L. Ching has been hired as assistant vice president and Moiliili branch manager; Francine T. Moniz has been promoted to assistant vice president and McCully branch manager; Isaac Pena-Parrilla has been hired as the Kihei branch manager; Bonnie J. Pond has been promoted to assistant vice president and Kailua-Kona branch manager; and Sharon N. Sato has been promoted to assistant vice president and Pearlridge branch manager.
» Island Air has hired Wesley Thomas Leong as controller. He will be responsible for managing the company's accounting practices. He has nearly 20 years of accounting experience.
» Kaanapali Development Corp. has appointed Howard Hanzawa vice president. He will be responsible for overseeing the company's operations and projects. He has over 35 years of experience in civil and structural engineering and construction.
» The Maui Hotel & Lodging Association has appointed Leimamo Lind executive director. She previously as Aloha Airlines' Maui station director.
» Kaanapali Golf Courses has appointed Michelle Lo assistant golf professional. She will work in the golf shop, help with customer service and spearhead the courses' junior golf program. She previously worked in Hong Kong and Los Angeles.
» The University of Hawaii Foundation has hired David Mortensen as foundation and corporate relations director. He will be responsible for working with companies and foundations to form partnerships and raise funds to support the system campuses and colleges. He previously served as a development director at the University of Utah.
Honda will spend $1.2B on new plants
TOKYO » Profit-rich Honda Motor Co.
announced sweeping expansions plans today to spend $1.18 billion to build new plants in the United States, Canada and Japan, to boost production amid meet soaring demand for its vehicles.
The three plants -- auto factories in Japan and the United States and an engine plant in Canada -- are aimed at meeting an ambitious 34 percent increase in annual sales to 4.5 million vehicles a year by 2010, Honda President and Chief Executive Takeo Fukui said.
Tokyo-based Honda is tapping record profits to boost output, particularly in North America, a region that accounts for about half the company's annual global sales. The upgrade contrasts sharply with the fortunes of domestic giants General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co., which are battling weak sales and a trail of red ink.
Northwest Air warns attendants
MINNEAPOLIS >> Northwest Airlines Corp.
is warning flight attendants that they won't get a better deal if they reject the wage-cutting pact they're voting on now.
Flight attendants are voting through June 6 on whether to accept a tentative agreement that would cut their pay 21 percent and require them to work longer hours. It would save Northwest $195 million a year.
Baggage handlers and ramp workers rejected their own pay-cut offer from Northwest, forcing the Eagan-based airline back to the bargaining table. And flight attendants will vote later this summer on whether to switch unions. Those two events may have some flight attendants hoping they can get a better deal.
The airline said that won't happen.
Labels sue satellite radio company
Record labels owned by Sony BMG
and EMI Group Plc
asked a judge to block XM Satellite Radio Inc.
, the biggest U.S. provider of pay-radio service, from starting a product that allows subscribers to download music.
The suit by 10 record labels, filed yesterday in federal court in New York, accuses XM of copyright infringement and also seeks undetermined monetary damages.
XM's product, called the "Inno," according to the Recording Industry Association of America, allows users to download permanent libraries of 50 hours or about 1,000 songs sorted by artist, title and genre. The service blocks the distribution of music through "lawful, legitimate" services such as Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes, according to the lawsuit.
HP's profit beats expectations
SAN FRANCISCO » Hewlett-Packard Co.
's fiscal second-quarter profit rose 51 percent as the printer and computer company won PC market share from its biggest rival while benefiting from higher revenue and lower costs.
The results released yesterday contrasted with the gloomy forecast Dell Inc., the world's biggest PC maker, delivered last week. The higher-than-expected profit comes 14 months after Mark Hurd joined the company as chief executive under a mandate to cut costs and boost stagnant revenues.
For the three months ended April 30, HP earned $1.46 billion, or 51 cents a share, compared with $966 million, or 33 cents per share, in the same quarter last year. Sales rose 5 percent to $22.6 billion from $21.6 billion last year.


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According to The DailyWire, Lawrence Summers, a former Treasury Secretary who currently serves as the director of the National Economic Council, issued a warning on Tuesday that inflation continues to be a significant issue in the United States.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) experienced an increase of 8.3% during the months of August 2021 and August 2022, as stated in a report that was made public on Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The reading is lower than it was in July (8.5%), when it was 9.1%, because the price of gasoline is continuing its downward trend, while costs for food, shelter, and medical services are continuing their upward trend from month to month.
As a consequence of this, the rate of core inflation increased by 0.6% in August, which indicated a quicker rate of increase than in July and a 6.3% increase over the course of the previous year. Core inflation covers all products other than food and energy. According to the forecasts of the specialists, the metric was anticipated to advance by 0.3%.
Today’s CPI report confirms that the US has a serious inflation problem.
Core inflation is higher this month than for the quarter, higher this quarter than last quarter, higher this half of the year than the previous one, and higher last year than the previous one.
— Lawrence H. Summers (@LHSummers) September 13, 2022
Summers made the observation that the median inflation rate jumped to "its highest ever reading." The median inflation rate is an alternate metric of core inflation that is preferred by those who earlier claimed inflation was "transitory."
Fox News SAVAGELY reality checks Biden on LIVE TV— interrupts his delusional speech about inflation:
"We interrupt this celebration for a hard, cold dose of reality." pic.twitter.com/e8iNTMYuBz
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 13, 2022
At one point in time, the Chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, and the Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen, contended that rising prices were the result of increased demand as a consequence of widespread government lockdowns. Yellen did, however, acknowledge early in this year that she had been wrong about her assessment of transitory inflation.


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Workers have been busy gutting and refurbishing the former Tony’s Market on Broadway in preparation for the debut of Denver’s next food hall — Broadway Market. Today, the forthcoming culinary destination has announced not only its opening date but also the inclusion of three more vendors to its already extensive roster. On February 22, 2019, The Broadways Market will open up to the public at 950 Broadway. Joining the previously announced restaurants — Pizzeria Coperta, Mother Tongue, Biju’s Little Curry Shop, Mondo Mini, Misaki on Broadway and Miette et Chocolat, Maria Empanada, Wonder and Little Noodle Pasta Co. will join the lineup as they opening new stations within the food hall.
READ: Maria Empanada’s Fourth Location is Now Open
Maria Empanada, the rapidly growing local empanada chain with existing locations in Stanley Marketplace, Greenwood Village, South Broadway and most recently Platte St., will open its fifth location in the Broadway Market. Wonder, a Boulder-based juice and smoothie shop that also serves healthy grab-and-go food will open its second location in the Broadway Market, whereas Little Noodle Pasta Co., whose currently been operating out of Mondo Market in the Stanley Marketplace will provide a new take on fresh pasta. Little Noodle Pasta, in particular, will increase their menu options in accordance with the expanded space, with plans to include fried chicken, lobster, and a new dish for the Denver — scallops noodles.
Broadway Market will open February 22, 2019, at 950 Broadway, Denver, 80203.
Editor’s Note: A previous version of the article stated that Broadway Market would open February 15. The opening date has been pushed back to February 22 now, and the article has been updated to reflects the aforementioned change.


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For reasons passing understanding Chief Minister Gallagher is asking for your help in taking Canberra out of the analogue and into the digital.
ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher has announced the start of a citizens forum and business ‘digital’ survey and is calling on Canberrans to have their say on Canberra becoming a digital city.
“Canberra is ideally placed to be a leading city for the development and application of digital technologies. We have a thriving ICT sector and we are the home of world-class centres of research and innovation,” the Chief Minister said.
“As a government we have sought to use digital technology to improve consultation and service delivery to the Canberra community. We were the first government to hold a twitter cabinet and we are trialling WiFi at the Canberra Hospital whilst we look to deploy free public WiFi across the city. We are working to increase digital transactions and processes and we are promoting open government systems by ensuring information and data is available online for use by community members, business and innovators.
“This next step has been established to engage directly on how government, business and the broader Canberra community can work together to drive improvements in productivity, connectivity, innovation and services locally by using the latest thinking around digital technology.
“The Citizen Forum will be a place for people to share their ideas and suggestions for what a world leading digital city should look like, what opportunities there might be for Canberra and how we can promote and develop Canberra as a digital city.


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The Washington Post has become the Mean Girls of the nation’s capital, going after First Lady Melania Trump’s Christmas fashion sense, calling it “ridiculous” and indicative of “aloofness.” Gosh, why would anybody want to be aloof from the bitchy high schoolers at The Post?
Washington Post fashion critic Robin Givhan offered her classic take as a frustrated liberal editorial writer on the first public impeachment hearing in the House on Wednesday. The headline in the paper was "Be a sport, Jim Jordan, and put on a jacket." Online it was "For dignity’s sake, Jim Jordan, put on a jacket." Givhan lectured that the conservative from Ohio was somehow betraying the Constitution in shirt sleeves.
The Washington Post on Tuesday offered a gushing, 3000 profile on CBS This Morning’s Gayle King, fawning over the co-host as the “soothing voice of reason.” At no point in the story did Post writer Robin Givhan identify King as a Democratic donor. Instead, readers are simply told about how loyal the host is to her “public friends.”
“Pete Buttigieg is having his Vogue moment,” began a Style section article by Washington Post fashion writer Robin Givhan. It’s the latest attempt by progressive media to force the transformation of the boyish and soft-spoken left-wing candidate into a pop culture phenomenon. On the paper’s May 1 Style front page, Buttigieg’s smoldering black-and-white Vogue photoshoot image stood out, accompanied by Givhan’s lusty sales pitch for this sexed-up version of the gay South Bend mayor.
On Tuesday, the Washington Post Style section front page contained another episode of fashion writer Robin Givhan channeling her liberal political views through the pretense of assessing fashions. The subject of her adoration was Robert Mueller, seen leaving services on Sunday at St. John's Episcopal Church across the street from the White House.
Washington Post fashion writer Robin Givhan is back in the paper on Saturday with another in her long series of liberal editorials badly disguised as clothing critiques. Her target is now the MAGA hat. The headline is "Brimming with grotesque hubris." She ripped the pro-Trump Covington kids: "Armed with so much knowledge, it is, perhaps, a more jolting loss, a graver reality, when youth is wrecked by the acid hatred symbolized by a hat."
Washington Post fashion critic Robin Givhan was brought in after the House swearing-in to write about fashion -- well, not really. As usual, she used fashion as a subtext for her liberal politics. The new ultraliberal women in the House were all fabulous in their diversity of dress, especially Nancy Pelosi in pink, "like the plumage of a brazen bird, not just to fly with the flock but to lead it."
In her column this week, Washington Post Givhan was very reluctant to criticize the, shall-we-say, controversial fashion choices that Michelle Obama made for her book-tour appearance with Sarah Jessica Parker earlier this week...especially the $3,900 thigh-high boots. If a former Republican First Lady had worn them, Givhan would have scolded her for conspicuous consumption.
Robin Givhan, the liberal political columnist who plays fashion writer at The Washington Post, dominated the front of the Style section on Friday with a question: Can a fashion designer in good conscience agree to dress Melania Trump? Givhan argued that blacklisting the new First Lady is a good way to show a social conscience. The Trumps can buy off the rack, so it’s not really a blacklist. Givhan said dressing the First Lady – especially for Inauguration Night, has always been an honor, until Donald Trump inspired “new waves of racism and violence.”
Michael W. Chapman of our sister site CNSNews.com reports on cost estimates for the hand-sewn gown Michelle Obama wore at Tuesday’s state dinner for the prime minister of France. Think five figures. If Ann Romney were First Lady now, would that escape the media’s politicized scrutiny? (In 2012, she was slammed for wearing a $990 shirt on "CBS This Morning."
Wednesday’s Washington Post merely carried the headline “America, elegantly draped over her shoulders” next to a foot-high page-dominating photograph of Mrs. Obama in the dress. Michelle-loving fashion writer Robin Givhan insisted only “churlish” rumblers would lower themselves to asking about the price tag of a gown like this:
Five years ago Post fashion writer Robin Givhan scoffed at the notion of modest swimwear in a July 14, 2006 column "Ultimate Coverup."
Fast forward to today and the Post's Alison Lake gave Style section readers a gushy look at how "Muslim women shop for ways to bare little."
"Web sites offer modest fashions suitable for summer and pool wear," noted the subheader to Lake's story.
Since we disposed with the notion that the networks had a feeding frenzy on the Anthony Weiner scandal, what about the news magazines? They began with a whimper, but then that week’s magazines were summer double issues. After the week off, what happened in their June 27 issues? Not much.
Newsweek didn’t offer a down arrow in their “Conventional Wisdom” column, but they gave an up arrow to “GOP Fringe,” arguing “Perry, Bachmann, and Paul show screwballs’ strength.”


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Marley Dias, the 11-year-old who launched the #1000BlackGirlBooks last year, is continuing to make #BlackGirlMagic.
The now 12-year-old literary advocate just announced a new book deal with Scholastic, with whom she’ll be writing an activism guide for kids and teens, the publishing house announced earlier this month.
“In her forthcoming nonfiction book for ages 10 and up, Marley Dias, the powerhouse girl-wonder who started the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign, shows kids how to make their own dreams come true. In this accessible ”keep-it-real“ guide, Marley tells how she’s turned her passion into a literacy crusade that has captured the attention of the media, policymakers, and young people throughout the world,” said the Scholastic announcement.
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Dias founded #1000BlackGirlsBooks, a drive that focused on books depicting black girls as the protagonists. She achieved her goals of collecting 1,000 books, and she has amassed 8,000 books to date.
As for her new writing project, Marley is ready to take it on: “I am so excited to be doing this book with Scholastic,” she said. “All my friends can probably only name one publishing house and that is Scholastic; they are everywhere. Scholastic is the perfect partner for spreading my message of diversity, inclusion and social action.”
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Compelling Signs the Chinese Property Boom Is Over
Big Bets Begin to Sour, Showing the First Signs of Deeper Trouble to Come
Some signs suggest that China's real estate boom is winding down. China's World columnist Andrew Browne explains why the hot property market is slowing.
BEIJING—For years, China "bears"—a group of Cassandras ranging from hedge-fund managers to media pundits—have been predicting a crash in China's residential real-estate market, the single-most-important driver of the Chinese economy.
We aren't there yet; many economists think an outright collapse is unlikely. But there are plenty of signs that one of the greatest real-estate booms in history is winding down.
Like all booms, this one is ending in a bout of crazy excess. The evidence is apparent in the massive overbuilding that strikes visitors to almost any Chinese city. In the northern industrial city of Harbin, for instance, "ghost suburbs"—entire communities of unoccupied high rises—haunt the view on the way into town from the airport.
These empty blocks have acted as warehouses for the exploding wealth of China's middle classes, which have few other options to invest their money. And for more than a decade, real estate has been a good bet. In megacities like Shanghai and Beijing, property values rose up as much as fivefold from 2002 to 2012.
Chinese migrant workers labored at the construction site of a real-estate project in Qionghai city in February. Zuma Press
Now, though, some of these bets are souring. In January, monthly price gains on new homes compared with a year earlier slowed for the first time in a year across the country; sales volumes are also shriveling. In Hangzhou, an eastern metropolis where lakes and cool breezes attract buyers from all over the region, several real-estate developers have cut prices on their luxury developments.
And on Tuesday, it emerged that Zhejiang Xingrun Real Estate Co., a property developer based in a small city south of Shanghai, is unable to repay almost $400 million of bank loans.
These are merely the first signs of much deeper trouble to come. Fundamental trends are at work that, as they play out, will at a minimum upend popular assumptions that real-estate prices can go only up and up. Instead they could start destroying household wealth, with huge implications for the Chinese economy.
Consider: Property accounts for 16% of China's gross domestic product. But even that figure understates its importance. Throw in associated industries like furniture and home appliances, and the number swells. Because new homes are usually built in suburbs that are off the public transport grid, there is an almost perfect 1:1 correlation between the purchase of a new home and a car.
Perhaps the most important trend to watch is the shifting role of local governments, which have been the great enablers of the boom in the market for private homes. Particularly in the past few years, in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis when China's exports tanked, local governments used real-estate construction to prop up growth and cover their budget shortfalls.
Land sales became a vital source of their revenues: The higher the price, the more money they had to spend on everything from schooling to health care. A tight triumvirate of local officials, real-estate developers and bankers managed to keep the real-estate frenzy going.
Land at wildly inflated values, moreover, became the collateral for an epic borrowing binge by local governments, which lavished money on vanity projects, like civic centers modeled on the Palace of Versailles.
The actions being taken by authorities in Beijing to rein in this kind of extravagance will, inevitably, crimp real estate. The central government plans to take a bigger role in the financing of local spending as part of far-reaching fiscal reforms that will alter the calculus for the land market.
As Beijing squeezes credit, interest rates will rise. That means real-estate developers will pay more for loans—and many more small and midsize developers will likely go under. Mortgage rates for consumers are set to rise.
The richer Chinese—those who haven't mortgaged their family futures in doomed developments like the ones in Harbin—are taking their savings offshore to more reliable real-estate hideaways in Sydney, Vancouver, New York and London. Bordeaux vineyards are popular, too.
At home, meanwhile, the worry is that the beginning of the end of the real-estate bonanza will help to drag down consumption—the very opposite of what the government intends as it looks to household spending to pick up the slack from a slowdown in exports and investment. That makes Premier Li Keqiang's task of holding up flagging growth (his target this year is "around 7.5%") look harder by the day.
There is evidence that the knock-on effect on consumption is already happening. A good place to observe the phenomenon is Easyhome, a gigantic Beijing emporium covering several city blocks that sells home fixtures and furnishings.
On Sunday, a six-story mall there that offers superluxury items—Arclinea kitchens from Italy at $350,000 apiece; Aston Martin leather desks at $85,000 a pop—was deserted. Given the price tags, these stores are rarely crowded. But there were only a few takers at a sprawling shopping mall next door for more modestly priced items like Toto faucets and Villeroy & Boch bathtubs.
True, the spring season is slow in the Chinese property business—though usually not anywhere near this sluggish.
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Lawmakers throughout California have begun establishing pilot programs that would alleviate some of that economic pressure. Stockton are the first area to experiment with guaranteed income for its residentspton, Long Beach and Oakland followed suit through the national Mayors out of Secured Income effort. California approved its very first protected money program earlier this month.
Masters declare that the shed in usage this past year is great getting Californians, however the community nevertheless does not have needed controls to reduce the danger of fund having low-income users.
California lawmakers have an detailed background of attempting to regulate predatory lending in the state, but have failed to enact significant consumer protection from payday loans. The most notable legislation came in 2017, when California began requiring licences from lenders. The law also capped payday loans at $300, but did not cap annualized interest rates, which averaged a whopping 361% in 2020.
As well as higher rates, one of many industry’s big types of earnings is charges, specifically regarding people who serially trust payday loans.
All in all, $164.eight million inside transaction charges – 66% of industry’s percentage income – originated in customers whom got away 7 or higher financing for the 2020. On the 55% of consumers launched another type of loan a comparable day their past mortgage concluded.
After several unsuccessful jobs years back to regulate the industry, California legislators aren’t pursuing major reforms this session to fight the industry. Torres called for continued legislation efforts that would cap interest rates as a way to alleviate what she calls the debt trap.
“It is nuts to believe one a good policymaker carry out observe that and you may state, ‘That is okay. It’s okay to possess my personal constituents to live on significantly less than these situations,» Torres told you. “When it’s indeed regarding the electricity out-of Ca policymakers adjust you to.”
You will find research that reduction of pay check interest correlates that have COVID-19 save work. Whenever you are there are certain factors from the decrease, they most likely range from the shipping off stimuli checks, financing forbearances and development in alternative funding possibilities. Popular since the “very early wage availability,” the brand new community claims it is a much safer option.
The companies lend a portion of a customer’s paycheck through https://loansavesolutions.com/payday-loans-il/ phone applications and don’t charge interest fees. The product is not yet regulated, but the state’s financial oversight agency announced that it will initiate surveying five companies that currently provide the service.
The situation using this type of design, centered on Torres, is the fact there isn’t any direct payment construction. And come up with an income, the new programs wanted consumers to go away a guideline for the service.
Requiring lenders to assess the fresh user’s ability to spend the money for mortgage would also avoid consumers from dropping to your a debt trap, she said
“Regrettably, you to idea often clouds simply how much the borrowed funds in the course of time will cost you you,” Torres said, including you to specific enterprises wade so far as using emotional tactics to prompt customers to exit a big idea.
“Consumers spoken relief to learn our industry was still right here to own them during the really trying items and we were proud to-be indeed there during this time away from you prefer,” Leonard told you.
Even after history year’s shed in the hobby, 1.one million consumers lent a maximum of $step one.seven million bucks for the payday loans last year, 75% of them coming back for around an added financing in the exact same year.
Torres mentioned that the heart To have Responsible Lending is actually continuing so you’re able to manage legislators to write expense who does cover rates of interest and also make payday loan inexpensive
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Alby Grande, left, with his sons, Massimo and Ben, next to the brick oven they will use to bake pizzas in Nonno Alby's Brick Oven Pizza restaurant, 701 Penn Ave., West Reading. The restaurant will open sometime in September.
One Grande sibling called their new business an adventure and another called it a tribute to their father, Albino "Alby" Grande.
Anyway that the three Grande children look at Nonno Alby's Brick Oven Pizza restaurant at 701 Penn Ave., West Reading, it comes down to family working together as has been the case in this well-known Italian restaurant family for generations.
Their parents, Alby and Lina Grande, who emigrated as teenagers from Calabria, are by all accounts an American success story.
Alby and Lina and their parents knew no English when they came to America. They worked piecework in factories until they learned English.
Alby and Lina own GNA Restaurant in West Reading.
Their adult children, Massimo, 28; Tina Grande-Cirandine, 31; and Benjamin, 33, have decided to strike out on their own with the brick oven restaurant - with family help, of course.
The concept for the restaurant grew out of wonderful food memories they had as children visiting their grandparents, who returned to Calabria.
"When we were young, every summer we'd go to Calabria to hang out with our grandparents," Massimo said. "As kids, everybody liked Philly cheesesteaks; we loved brick oven pizza with a nice crisp bottom. We'd look forward to summer so we could eat that pizza. It was absolutely amazing."
When they were growing up, their parents owned Alby's, a sandwich shop in the 300 block of Penn Street.
"My parents used to put us to bed in those big ATV Bakery boxes in the back," Ben said.
So the restaurant experience is almost genetic for the Grandes. The family owns the building where Nonno (grandfather) Alby's will be and where GNA sandwich shop was located before their parents made a big move to create a restaurant, which anchors the 400 block of Penn Avenue. Most recently, Good Eats rented the 701 Penn space.
"We started cleaning up the space at the end of June," Massimo said. "This is going to have a completely different feel. Someone would come in and see a completely different place.
"We're doing this as a way of thanking our father."
They plan to open in mid- to late September.
The specialized brick pizza oven was designed in Italy and assembled in California before it was disassembled for transport to West Reading and reassembled.
It wouldn't have fit through the door otherwise.
Tina explained that when people come to America and start an ethnic restaurant, they Americanize the ethnic food so the new culture will accept it.
"We're taking it back to what it is in Calabria," Tina said. "Brick oven is just like they do back in Calabria, gourmet pizza with fresh ingredients as toppings.
"People never get sick of pizza."
Massimo said the menu will be real simple with salads, burgers and sandwiches centered around the oven.
Having so many restaurants is a benefit to being in West Reading, Massimo said.
"That's the fun part of West Reading, the restaurants," Massimo said. "This is going to add to the avenue. We don't like to see empty spaces."
Ben said: "It's going to be a new beginning, something new and different."
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Microsoft is stepping out of the web display advertising business. According to a new report out of Bloomberg, Microsoft will shift the ad operations over to AOL and AppNexus, reportedly cutting 1,200 jobs in the process.
Similarly, news broke earlier today that Microsoft would move away from collecting mapping imagery itself, selling some of its Bing assets and transferring 100 of its employees to Uber in the process. All of this follows a company email sent out by Satya Nadella last week, in which the Microsoft CEO said that the company would have to make some "tough choices" going forward as it shifts focus away from areas "where things are not working."
Update: Microsoft has now commented on the partnership with AOL and AppNexus in a new blog post, saying the following:
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Police in Seguin seized dozens of eight-liners and arrested nine people Tuesday in connection to illegal gambling operations taking place at various convenience stores across the city, a news release said.
Simultaneous raids occurred at 10 a.m. Tuesday at seven locations across Seguin after receiving tips from the public about the machines at these locations. The investigation spanned several months and police learned the convenience stores were paying out “sizeable cash rewards” to customers who played the machines, which is illegal, according to the release.


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SamMobile has it that the new Note – which runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean – will be launched in Germany on September 27, and in Italy on September 28. The UK, France and Netherlands should get the handset on the first days of October, with other markets to follow shortly after that. Apparently, the suggested retail price of the device will be €699 (about $910).
The Pink S III has been spotted in Korea, where it will debut next week. We don’t know if it’s going to be available in other markets. In any case, this is the smartphone’s seventh color version (after white, blue, grey, brown, red, and black).